Maksim Chmerkovskiy is laying down some relationship ground rules using Artem Chigvintsev and Nikki Bella as examples, serving up a little wisdom on healthy boundaries.
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00:00You know, you told us previously on our TMZ podcast that you would hold off on judgment
00:07of Artem.
00:08You know, now that he's cleared, you know, he's gotten joint custody, do you think that
00:12Dancing with the Stars should welcome him back?
00:15First of all, I'm just, you know, I think that people need to learn to let go when it's
00:23before it's too late.
00:24And so if the couples don't work out, I think we live in a world where, you know,
00:29you give it an honest effort and then you can still be happy going your separate ways
00:34and I think that's one of the examples that we see.
00:38He said that, you know, people would fast to judge Artem.
00:41I believe that that's also the world we live in now.
00:44So I'm just happy that people got to understand exactly what the situation is not
00:50and that he gets a chance to also clear his name and move on.
00:55So what do you mean by, you know, that you think that people should let it go before
00:59it's too late?
01:00You're not laughing about that?
01:01If a couple doesn't work out, you know, don't let it get to a point where there's like
01:05an opportunity for some kind of domestic situation that involves authorities and so on and so
01:10forth.
01:11If you have kids involved, just be sensitive, sensible to your children.
01:15You know, what's better?
01:16Them seeing mommy and daddy being in this type of situation or mommy and daddy coming
01:21to an amicable decision.
01:22You know, that's all I'm trying to say.
01:24So you think it's possible they might have, you know, tried to make it work a little too
01:27long or?
01:29I don't know.
01:30To be honest, I don't know.
01:31I just know who Artem is not.
01:33And that was the case that I was making when I said what I said.
01:38And so you do think that Dancing with the Stars should welcome him back?
01:41Dancing with Stars do what they do.
01:44I think he's a great member of the cast, a great member of our community.
01:50And, you know, I wish him amazing things with his kids, family, figuring this out.
01:55It's a very tough situation.